According to Gamut News, the successful Tegra 2 platform has been granted the “Best Choice” award for Smart Handheld Devices Innovation by the Computex Taipei Computer Association. The chip faced intense competition for the recognition, including mobile devices and computers, as well as over 400 other consumer products.

According to the judges, the Tegra 2 processor has “ushered in a new wave of super phones and tablet devices with never-before-seen capabilities and experiences,” and was selected for its “overall technical merit, innovation and marketability.” Indeed, the mobile chip has become almost ubiquitous in Android tablets and will power certain high-end smartphones later this year.

Phil Carmack, senior vice president of Nvidia, acknowledged the honor and claimed that the upcoming quad-core Kal-El processor will boost mobile technologies to even higher levels.

The Tegra 2 is a dual-core, ARM Cortex-A9 system-on-chip with integrated GeForce graphics. First announced early 2010, the Nvidia chip has been clocked at 1GHz for most devices that carry the processor.

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